Work/Life Balance & Mental Health - thing of the past - Community Manager Equity Residential Employee Review

We appreciate you and your focus on both work/life balance and mental health, as these are two very important focal points for Equity Residential. In fact, our Equity Values Council just recently launched “21 Days of Mindfulness”, a company-wide initiative that focuses on prioritizing Emotional and Mental Wellbeing. In addition to ongoing communication and reminders about the Employee Assistance Program that we offer, we also recently introduced #LeaseOnLife, a campaign to highlight various mental and emotional wellbeing topics, such as anxiety, stress, depression, and burnout. Please know that we absolutely care about the mental well-being of our employees, and are committed to offering services and initiatives that will continue to support this important component of total wellbeing. Equity is committed to providing a healthy and safe workplace, following CDC (and local/county/city) guidelines. While there may have been specific instances throughout the pandemic in which members of our onsite teams were able to work from home, those unique accommodations were outside of our standard operating practices, as we are part of an industry in which asset management, as well as face to face interactions with our customers, are necessary. With that being said, office hours and schedules are constantly being reviewed by our senior leaders, to see if there are any opportunities to make changes while balancing operational needs.